Week one coming to a close

Brooklyn has been with us almosta full week now and we have been having a wonderful time with her! We went to the pedi on Monday and she checked out great! She had already gained 3 ounces back of the 7 she lost in the hospital. Her color looks perfect, no tanning needed. Head shape is perfect as well (he only mentioned something because he knows where I work!)

She has been amazing us every day. She likes to prove us wrong already. In the hospital I mentioned how we don't have to worry about getting sprayed while changing diapers and she promply sprayed the wall while Grandma was changing her! Then we were talking about how she shouldn't be able to lift her head up very much and since then she's been lifting her head and holding it for about 10 seconds and then gently lowering it back down with amazing control. We expect her to be walking when she's 3 months! OK, maybe not! But don't tell this girl she can't do something!

Here are more pictures...what everyone really wants! Enjoy!

Hanging out in the tutu from Amy

Getting our first sponge bath at home

Trying to catch flies while sleeping

Tummy time with Dad

Going on our first walk around the block. She did amazing in her Cadillac of strollers.

SHE'S HERE!!!!

Hey everybody! Little Miss Broolyn Madison Webb got here on Thursday at 11:58 am, weighing in at 6 lbs 11.8 oz and 18.9 inches short! Brooklyn and Mom are doing fantastic! Thanks to everyone for the well wishes, visits, flowers, balloons, stuffed animals, etc. We really appreciate all of the love and support! Since we've kept you waiting almost 3 whole days now for pictures, we thought we would give you a bunch of them all at once. Enjoy! And don't worry, we'll upload some more soon!

You can check out the pictures that were taken by the professionals at the hospital. Just go to this website: http://www.our365.com/NewbornPortraits/BabyDetail.aspx?birthid=a6d6550d-cad5-497a-9482-e5c07fb740ba and use this password: 10881273711228.

Now if you are feeling lazy and don't want to enter passwords and such just look below!

Packing things up to head to the hospital.

Lisa admiring her hard work!!

A few minutes old at this point, working on the tan!

Trying out this whole breathing thing for the first time!

Proud parents in the delivery room.

Just chillin' after moving to the regular hospital room! Yep, she's the cutest thing ever!

Brooklyn and Greg taking a much needed nap.

Getting loaded up into her car seat for the 1st time.

Leaving the hospital.

Brooklyn making some priceless faces while she slept and stretched in Uncle Chris's arms.

Are you kidding me?! How could you not love something that cute!!!!

Brooklyn trying out the new recliner at Nanna's house. She seemed to like it!

Almost there!

Since we are getting so close to welcoming our little one we decided to get a crib this past weekend! It went together pretty easily and looks good with the rest of the furniture!

Oh la la! Convertible bed!

Greg also did some golfing this weekend. I went with him one time...just to ride in the cart and take pictures with the new camera!

Greg and Ryan picked up a random additional player about half way through their golfing.

Friday was my last day of paid work for a little bit! So the past few days I've spent cleaning the house and getting ready to bring the baby home. Apparently I may have tried to do too much because Tuesday around 11:30 pm I was told by the on call OB to head to the hospital. I guess bleeding is not something you really want! (I know that's nasty, but that's what happened!) So we had an hour long sonogram (fun!), some blood drawn (not as fun!) and Greg learned that the machine that tells if I'm having a contraction is smarter than I am! He kept telling me when a contraction was coming because it sensed it before I did! Awesome! Can't wait to use that one when I'm really in labor! But about 4:30am they said to head home and now I've been put on bed rest with bathroom privledges. Great! I'm feeling better now. The contractions are a lot stronger now, but not 5 minutes apart like they were last night. These contractions are no joke! And apparently they're just going to get worse! The reason the sonogram was so long was because he had to count the number of times certain things happened (like breathing, swallowing, moving extremities, etc.) At one point he said, "this baby has some long legs!" I was like, "well she didn't get them from me!" So I'll be interested to see how that pans out once she's born! He also said I was measuring at 41 1/2 weeks, so I don't know how much I can really believe him!

We'll let you all know what goes down! Back to laying on the couch sleeping as much as I can!

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!

We can't say thank you enough to Leah for taking such awesome maternity pictures. A huge package arrived yesterday that included some DVDs of the pictures and an amazing present for the baby's room! We didn't have anything on the walls in the nursery and now we have the perfect decoration! I can't decide which pictures are my favorite! They all turned out so well! Here are just a few!

Thank you so much, Leah! You did an amazing job! The pictures are so special and something that we will cherish forever!

38 weeks and shady happenings

I went to the OBG last Thursday and again today - it's just how my work schedule fell. Things are still going well. We had an ultrasound last week and she said the baby was a little on the small size (even though the measurements weren't very accurate because she's so big now), so she said there is no way we're inducing (not like I wanted to anyway!) and that I should try to pack on the pounds to help this baby get a little bigger. On Thursday I went home and ate double-stuffed Oreos and cake from our 3 year anniversary
(I know, he might be a keeper!) on Wednesday! Surely that's what she meant! Then this weekend was filled with eating, eating and more eating! It's a bit more difficult than I thought...I was constantly full making it tricky to move and breathe! But I will say that having desserts after lunch and dinner was awesome! At the appointment today she says that she's now weighing in at 6 and 1/4 pounds. So she gained about 1/2 a pound in 3 days...your welcome, baby! Hopefully we can keep this pace up and she'll be around 7 pounds when she's born. Still estimating August 9th for the due date. I only have 4 more days of work left and then I can nest all day until the baby comes!

Here's the belly at 38 weeks. Greg thinks it's funny that I walk around the house like this because I'm hot all the time now...too much extra blood and food flowing, I guess!

We've continued with our nightly walks and recently we've seen this van parked on two different streets in the neighborhood.

We're not quite sure what's going down...but we think there are some shady goings on in the making! There is an abnormally high number of houses for sale in the neighborhood (like 5 instead of none)! Apparently those people know something we don't!

37 weeks and counting!

Greg has been in Atlanta for work yesterday and today, so I've been given strict instructions to stay in bed with my legs crossed all day! I thought I'd be productive and update the blog! The countdown is on now! We don't have too much longer before we'll have a new addition to the family!

Last week we had a Dallas baby shower and my work threw me a baby shower. The Dallas shower was lots of fun (as was the work one, but I don't have pictures from it)! Clearly our friends and family know us too well! "Greg's baby" got lots of UT paraphernalia, disposable diapers and a daddy diaper duty kit (including gloves, tongs, nose plug and goggles) so Greg can help change diapers! My baby got practical things like baby wash, hangers, organizer boxes for the room and a car seat head support to prevent heads that I see every day at work! We also received lots of things made by people...boppy covers, bibs, blankets, hats, stuffed animals! I love all of it! And our baby is going to be so stylish no one is going to recognize her as our baby! I'm having trouble choosing just one "going home" outfit between the UT onesies, purple tutu and many, many other super cute outfits given to the baby! We may have to reenact the moment several times! I'm sure no one would mind at the hospital! Greg's mom and the baby's "honorary Hendrix grandma" (Mrs. Fuchs) did a great job of organizing everything for the shower! Greg and I had a great time, so thank you to everyone!

So here we are at 37 weeks! Only a little bit longer! We toured the hospital this weekend. It has flat screen TVs for Greg and food service 24/7 for me! What more could you want! They also have "lo-jack" systems for the babies that prevent the elevators from working if there is not a nurse with the baby! So cool! So our baby should be safe and sound at the hospital!

Just 2 more weeks of work for me...if I make it that long! We're having another ultrasound this Thursday. At my last appointment we played another feel-the-belly-to-figure-out-how-much-the-baby-weighs game. At least this time the OBG instilled confidence in me beforehand by telling me that she was a little "gun shy" because her estimates have been off recently! Lovely! And this time I only had to wait 50 minutes to see her! Although the only reason it was that short was because after waiting 45 minutes (and being the first appointment that morning!) I got my clothes back on, walked up to the front, threatened to leave so I could get back to work, and then ran back to the room to get undressed again before she came in. So if anyone needs a recommendation for a well-run OBGYN practice in the Plano area, don't look to me! Is it bad that I'm thinking I'd rather her not be on call when we deliver so I can be assured that someone will actually be there on time...or at all?! Oh well! I'm sure everything will be great for the delivery!

Enough complaining! It's raining outside and I'm super excited that the temperature may lower a bit! Woo hoo! Off to do some more nesting! This house may actually be ready when we bring the baby home! Look out!

Update!

We spent our last two out-of-town weekends before the baby gets here. We spent one weekend in Charlottesville, VA visiting our good friends, Leah and Zach. Leah took some wonderful maternity pictures for us!

Gotta love being 34 weeks pregnant and flying on a plane this big! My ankles were gigantic by the time we got off the plane! It was awesome!

We took some pictures outside on the UVA campus, which is so pretty!

This is the rotunda and lawn, which is what the school originally consisted of when Thomas Jefferson designed/built it. The students stayed off to the sides in non air-conditioned rooms...and they still do. Apparently it's a privilege to stay in one of these rooms! Just not when you're super pregers!

The weather was beyond awesome and from the proofs we've seen so far, the pictures look great! I'm so excited to have the pictures as memories of this pregnancy!

Greg took this picture while things were getting set up.

For the 4th of July we went to up to Arkansas. It was a relaxing weekend of going out on the boat, eating lots of food and watching fireworks with hundreds of other boats on the lake. I think we're going to have to make it an annual trip. It was so much fun! I think I enjoyed it so much because we didn't have a million things planned to fix while we were up there. We did spend the better part of one evening grouting the tile in the bathroom, but that was it! Now that bathroom is almost finished! Yeah!

This week we've been trying to get the necessities for the baby. The diapers we ordered came in the other day.

I'm so excited to try them out! I think I'm going to love the cloth diapers!

Don't be jealous of that sweet ensemble!

I went to the obg this week and everything looks good! She's about 5 1/2 pounds (according to the very scientific method of two hands feeling the belly). We'll have another sonogram in two weeks! I'm excited to see how big she's measuring and when they're expecting her to come!